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Central Retail's representative at a convoy transporting Bac Giang lychee to their system. — Photo courtesy of Central Retail The Bac Giang People’s Committee and Central Retail Vietnam on Wednesday jointly organised a conference aimed at promoting the consumption of the province’s lychees in 2023. This event was organised in line with the cooperation agreement signed between Central Retail Vietnam and the Bac Giang People's Committee on May 16. During the conference, a representative from Central Retail Group shared their experiences in promoting lychee consumption and announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with cooperatives from Luc Ngan District. Additionally, they conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the arrival of a convoy transporting lychee to their system, including GO!, Big C, Top Market and exports to Thailand. Nguyen Thi Bich Van, the Communication Director of Central Retail Vietnam, expressed her belief that this commitment would contribute to Viet … [Read more...] about Central Retail signs deals to consume Bac Giang lychees in its outlets

Many companies in Vietnam have been affected by ongoing rotational power cuts. Hung Long Garment and Service JS Company in the northern province faced a power cut from June 3 to midday of June 6. Ngo Minh Hoan, director of the firm, said he has never witnessed such power outages. The garment and textile sector is currently struggling with many difficulties after the Covid-19 pandemic and repeated electricity cuts have worsened the situation. Workers at Hung Long Garment and Service JS Company The company was not informed of electricity cuts on June 3, so 4,000 staff still turned up for work and had to then return home. Hoan worried that if the situation did not improve, his company would fail to ensure orders for its partners. Nguyen Van Tan, chairman of Hosiden Vietnam Ltd. Co.’s Trade Union in the northern province of Bac Giang, said that the firm had responded to the electricity saving campaign over the past two days, and operates for eight hours … [Read more...] about Rolling power blackouts hit Vietnamese businesses

The irradiation and quality quarantine of fresh litchi for export to Australia. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to negotiate with the US to set up an irradiation centre in the northern region to facilitate fruit export , MOST Minister Huynh Thanh Dat told the National Assembly’ question-and-answer session on June 7. As irradiation is compulsory to the export of farm produce to some markets, including the US, a legislator from the northern province of Bac Giang, a lychee farming hub, asked the minister about measures for conducting irradiation of lychee, which is entering the harvest season, and many other fruits in the northern region so as to meet technical requirements in some importing countries. Dat said that previously, lychee of Bac Giang had to be sent to Ho Chi Minh City or Long An province in the south for irradiation, leading to high expenses. As … [Read more...] about Irradiation centre to open in the north to serve fruit export: minister

The Customs Department of Dong Dang International Railway Station in the northern border province of Lang Son has piloted the transportation of litchi to China by rail to cope with the huge backlog of goods along the border during the harvest season. The Customs Department of Dong Dang International Railway Station has piloted the transportation of litchi to China. According to the department, some 20 containers have been exported on each train during the pilot period. It costs about VND 30 million to transport a refrigerated container and around VND 20 million for a normal container from Vietnam's Bac Giang Province to China's Pingxiang City by train. The transportation time is approximately 12 hours. "The train transportation cost is just a bit cheaper than the road, but much faster," the department said. "And it can help resolve the serious overloading at local border gates during this peak period." After the successful pilot, the department has informed … [Read more...] about First litchi exports to China by rail

The construction ministry has raised two reasons for the non-disbursement of the credit package of VND120 trillion (US$5.14 billion) launched by the government about two months ago for developing projects to build social houses and houses for workers, and upgrade deteriorated apartment buildings. In a recent report to the Prime Minister in relation to the credit package, the ministry said around 100 projects for building social houses and houses for workers have been licensed for construction but local authorities have yet to publicly announce lists of specific projects. Therefore, banks related to this package have not been able to provide loans sourced from this package to investors and buyers in such projects, the ministry said. The second reason that blocked the disbursement of the package is that most of these projects have yet to be ready for implementation as they remain in the completion stage for investment procedures. Earlier, at a recent conference on building one … [Read more...] about Construction ministry explains why $5.14bn credit package yet to be disbursed